Life-history trade-offs, seasonal time constraints, and the optimization of body size

我的研究项目旨在了解生命史如何受到环境的影响，并将这种理解应用于保护被开发的种群和处于危险中的物种。生活史特征对适应性有直接的和特定环境的影响，了解生活史进化的权衡和生态环境对理解当地适应、人口比率和灭绝风险至关重要。体型是许多生命史进化模型的核心，但对于体型如何优化尚无共识。为了更广泛地理解生命史进化，并将这些知识有效地应用于保护和管理，我们需要了解个体发育过程中大小是如何优化的。

My research program aims to understand how life histories are influenced by the environment, and to apply this understanding to the conservation of exploited populations and species at risk. Life-history traits have a direct and context-specific effect on fitness, and understanding the trade-offs and ecological context under which life-histories have evolved is central to understanding local adaptation, demographic rates, and extinction risk. Body size is central to many models of life-history evolution, yet there is no consensus on how body size is optimized. In order to understand life-history evolution more broadly and apply this knowledge effectively to conservation and management, we need to understand how size is optimized across ontogeny.